September 2012.

ByGolly reaches her final destination, Nerezine, Island of Losinj after 10,000 miles long journey from headwaters of Mississippi down south to Miami, across Atlantic to Palma de Mallorca along Mediterranean to Croatia

View of Zugspitze from our "Heidi" apartment in Garmisch

The town of Hindelang, Allgau where I learned to ski 50 years ago

With Magdalena Bredl that was my host for a skiing holiday in 1963. Her husband Michael was a famous folk musician that became a legend in Allgaeu , Bavaria

Ines and her Mom enjoying making fruit cake with plums from our Peachill farm here in Garmisch, Germany

The oldest remaining building in dowtown Garmisch from 16th century

ByGolly takes us to the ancient town of Osor on Island of Cres that used to be outpost of Greek Empire 350 BC. There were 20,000 inhabitants here when Rome had only 2,000

Linderhof Palace where the King Ludwig II of Bavaria spent 8 best years of his life

Osor Pass where islands of Cres and Losinj are connected with a bridge

On fifth anniversary of our first date that happened in Badgastein, in this hotel...

...And romanse that started here..

...And especially here!

Grossglockner the highest peak in the Austrian Alps

Enjoying the original Nuernberger Rostbratwurst at the Bratwursthaeusle at St. Sebald Church... our Munchkin is becoming "bavarianized" quickly as sausages seem to be plentiful!

Early autumn in the Alps; rediscovering our Europe that we left behind decades ago since we moved to the New World

Sporazum s Hrvatskom!

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